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Mr. Marlow
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visitors there have been to the United Kingdom from Hong Kong, arriving in each of the last 36 months for which he has figures.
Mr. Peter Lloyd
The latest available information is given in the table for British dependent territories citizens from Hong Kong. Reliable figures of admissions of stateless persons from Hong Kong are not available.
| Hong Kong British Dependent Territory Citizens admitted to the United Kingdom as ordinary or business visitors, November 1986 to October 1989 | ||||
| Number of persons | ||||
| Month | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 11989 |
| January | — | 1,890 | 1,280 | 1,510 |
| February | — | 2,230 | 3,360 | 3,870 |
| March | — | 1,570 | 1,650 | 2,280 |
| April | — | 2,010 | 2,060 | 1,950 |
| May | — | 2,640 | 2,280 | 2,600 |
| June | — | 3,560 | 3,380 | 4,490 |
| July | — | 5,370 | 4,990 | 5,440 |
| August | — | 5,280 | 4,540 | 5,760 |
| September | — | 3,210 | 3,520 | 3,960 |
| October | — | 2,850 | 2,890 | 3,100 |
| November | 1,260 | 1,760 | 1,610 | n.y.a. |
| December | 1,750 | 1,980 | 1,840 | n.y.a. |
| Annual total | 27,100 | 34,400 | 33,400 | n.y.a. |
| 1 Provisional. | ||||